urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-29d4a0ad-c71a-4744-8718-ba2620e1bb6dIBM Storage - Tags - ddn Follow Richard Swain as he shares information about storage at IBM. 03012017-10-20T10:41:09-04:00IBM Connections - Blogsurn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-1928f3bf-0a81-43a8-9734-f4188026ca21SONAS and DDN here to stayRichardSwain060000VQ8GactivefalseComment Entriesapplication/atom+xml;type=entryLikestrue2011-09-10T09:14:33-04:002011-09-10T09:14:33-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just read the blogs from Chris Mellor from the Register
and Tom Trainer Network Computing and thought how insightful are these two
outsiders about the inner workings of IBM. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First off, yes IBM is no longer selling the DCS9900, a DDN
OEM rebranded system in the very large IBM storage portfolio. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>There is no question that this product is no
longer available after the October 15 date. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Second, the DCS 3700 is already part of our portfolio and is
now an OEM box from Netapp/Engenio/LSI. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The density of this system is the same as the
DCS 9900 and makes sense to use the DCS 3700 as a replacement for the DCS9900.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Third, Tom’s blog about SONAS being a monolithic NAS storage
is very skewed. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SONAS is a very flexible
in the way we can scale both storage and the throughput with out affecting either
variable. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Most “scale out” systems you
have to scale both in order to keep up with demand. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SONAS uses some of the best technology on the
market with a huge amount of throughput. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His statement about IBM dropping DDN from SONAS is un-true
and goes to show how much research Tom put into writing this blog. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I am sure Tom is looking out to write a
non-biased blog for Network Computing but maybe those days at HDS are still
making a big influence in his ability to look at announcement letter and make a
extrapolations about other products. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, If HDS thought BlueArc was so great, why didn’t they
buy them back when they could have gotten the company for a better deal? <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Has the product changed THAT much since
2006?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I wish HDS only the best for
dealing with the transition and getting that product under the HDS umbrella. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you do your homework and base your assumptions on facts
instead of conjecture, you will find SONAS is a solid platform in the enterprise
NAS market.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>SONAS has proven it can be
the market leader with a low cost to performance ratio and will only get better
as time goes on.</p>
I just read the blogs from Chris Mellor from the Register
and Tom Trainer Network Computing and thought how insightful are these two
outsiders about the inner workings of IBM. First off, yes IBM is no longer selling the DCS9900, a DDN
OEM rebranded...009192urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-29d4a0ad-c71a-4744-8718-ba2620e1bb6dIBM Storage2017-10-20T10:41:09-04:00